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What Did You Want To Be When You Were Little?

A friend in the biz started a blog about her son Max. To The Max is about parenting, random musings, but most importantly it's about Max--the blogger's five-year-old son who had a stroke at birth and lives with Cerebral Palsy--you read that right: Lives.To The Max shows an upside to the disorder and today, the mommy blogger poses an oh so important Q. After the jump.

What hopes do you have for your children?

When I watch JD at play I imagine he'll grow up to be something very technical. JD loves to put things in their places or find new places for things to go (even if they don't go there.) Like, the other day I found six Legos in the shoot of his ball popper. In the morning I put a handful of Cheerios on the high chair tray and give him a bowl. One by one, each Cheerio makes it into his bowl. JD is also a speed demon so maybe he'll be an Olympic runner or running back for the Giants. He's also very good about picking things up off the ground and bringing them to me. He randomly brings me my sneakers or plops my slippers on the coffee table.

Reading To the Max today and daydreaming about JD's one day profession got me thinking about what I wanted to be when I was little. It recently occurred to me that, hey, I did want to be a writer, even though I never proclaimed this at eight. JD and I were watching Pinky Dinkly Doo on Noggin (and for anyone who watches, you know the toon is about a lil' girl with pink hair who makes up stories in every ep). Well, I used to do that--in some shape or form--be it coloring scenes on construction paper, having impromptu plays with my dolls staged in the Barbie mansion or putting pencil to theme pad (remember theme pads with the dotted lines?).

A commenter here on Storked! once asked if I thought I'd publish a book by 27 if I didn't get Storked! I thought for a moment...Yes. You gotta dream, right? I should publish another one at 29: Rattled! The Toddler Years (God Help Me!)

What did you dream of being when you were little? Do you ever wonder what your kids will be? (Have they told you?)